Usually means: Engaged in a specific activity.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word in action:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. in action: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. in-action: Wordnik
  3. in action: Wiktionary
  4. in action: Dictionary.com
  5. In Action (Johnny Rivers album), In Action (Menudo album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. in action: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in action: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in action: Idioms

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Similar:
in operation, in motion, actioning, in practice, gameplay, activeness, in use, enaction, demonstration, movement, more...

Types:
dormant, inactive, latent, quiescent, more...

Phrases:
chose in action, in full action, killed in action, missing in action, Wounded in action, more...



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Similar:
in operation, in motion, actioning, in practice, gameplay, activeness, in use, enaction, demonstration, movement, more...

Types:
dormant, inactive, latent, quiescent, more...

Phrases:
chose in action, in full action, killed in action, missing in action, Wounded in action, lost in action, World in Action, Values in Action Inventory of Strengths, French in Action, Thelonious in Action, more...



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